AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core i7-14700KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700KF beats the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than the Core i7-14700KF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700KF.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.